investment

“What the imagination can’t conjure, reality delivers with a shrug.”

—Trumbo (movie voice-over)

“I’m not an optimist. That makes me sound naïve. I’m a very serious ‘possibilist.’ That’s something I made up. It means someone who neither hopes without reason, nor fears without reason - someone who constantly resists the overdramatic worldview.”

So, remember all those times we’ve said that investment risks and expected rewards are related?

Coronavirus-fueled fears, driving economic insecurities, aggravating a host of simmering global sore spots, spiraling into stomach-wrenching market sell-offs…

You know times are strange when you’re hearing from everyone – from the government to your local grocer – on what to do about the coronavirus. Believe it or not, we have a fresh perspective, which we think you’ll find helpful.

In recent days, the increase in volatility in the stock market has resulted in renewed anxiety for many investors. While it may be difficult to remain calm during a substantial market decline, it is important to remember that volatility is a normal part of investing.

Not long ago, some investors had yet to experience what it was like to weather turbulent markets. Even those who had, might have forgotten how scary it can be. This concerned us. So, to help people practice for scary days ahead, we published a fire-drill piece: “10 Things To Do Right Now While Markets Are (Not Really) Tanking.”

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Appropriations Act of 2020, which included a number of tax law changes, including extending certain tax provisions that expired after 2017 or were about to expire, retirement and IRA plan modifications and other changes that will impact a large portion of U.S. taxpayers as a whole.

by David Booth, Executive Chairman and Founder, Dimensional Fund Advisors

By now, you’ve probably seen a few – or a few thousand – retrospectives on the past year and the past 10 years… with a few 20-year reflections thrown in.

Maybe it’s the nice, round New Year number. (Although technically, it may not be the dawn of a new decade until 2021.)

Urban legends, urban myths and the latest that’s on everyone’s lips — fake news, whatever you call it, in our age of information, claims of spurious repute can go viral in minutes. Anyone with a PC can start a blog and offer up opinions on just about any subject, whether he or she is an authority or not. Sources? Who needs sources?